# Model Parliament (1295)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1295-model-parliament
Categories: main-event

Edward I summoned clergy, nobles, knights and borough representatives to approve taxation. Within the broader Medieval Kingdoms period, the English, Scottish and Welsh polities were reshaped by conquest, parliamentary development, dynastic conflict, plague and long wars with France. This event is placed at 1295 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The assembly became an influential model for the later composition of Parliament.

## Why it matters
The assembly became an influential model for the later composition of Parliament.

Ruler at the time: [Edward I](https://english-history.com/rulers/edward-i)

## Sources
- [UK Parliament — Magna Carta to Henry IV key dates](https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/originsofparliament/birthofparliament/keydates/1215to1399/)
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Model Parliament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Model+Parliament&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Model Parliament](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Model+Parliament)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%281000%E2%80%931499%29)
- [UK Parliament — Living Heritage](https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/)